Postwar Elementry Schools

An examination of the architecture of postwar elementry schools as part of a national effort to support citizen construction, through a close study of primary schools built into the northern Toronto suburb of Don Mills.

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Jessie Gamarra is an MA candidate in the Art History program at Carleton University, concentrating in arts education and historical architecture research. Her thesis identifies a standardized model of the elementary school that appeared around the midcentury in Canadian architectural press and policy to question normalized notions of identity and nationhood expressed through the built environment.